My gorgeous wife Chapter 2503: Staying Back
Previously on My gorgeous wife...
“If I don’t leave, what else can I do?”
Facing Poem Shadow Dao Saint, Li Chen no longer felt the same as before.
Because even the current Poem Shadow Dao Saint didn’t pose much of a threat to him.
He dared to speak to Tian Que in that manner because he was confident Tian Que couldn’t keep him.
Even if he couldn’t win, Tian Que couldn’t do anything to him.
And it was the same with Poem Shadow Dao Saint.
It’s not about an inflated ego, but when you stand in a certain position, you must get used to using that perspective to view problems.
When Li Chen’s cultivation had not yet recovered, he could only rely on deceit and trickery to deal with these people.
But after recovering his cultivation, did he still need to deal with them that way?
It’s different now.
“Perhaps you can stay and help us combat this crisis,” Poem Shadow Dao Saint looked at Li Chen, her eyes sincere. “I heard from them that you can directly contact the Black Tide of Nihility without being affected. I assume you have a way to deal with the Black Tide of Nihility?”
“This crisis isn’t just for our Jianmu Universe; the Black Tide of Nihility is a cataclysm that threatens all universes in the Vast Nihility. If we can deal with this Black Tide of Nihility, maybe the next time you encounter an invasion, you can protect your homeland.”
Poem Shadow Dao Saint’s eyes were pure, and Li Chen could see that this woman was indeed not pretending.
What surprised Li Chen was how this woman, who had been suppressing the whole Jianmu Universe for so many years, managed to maintain such a pure heart.
Even he, over the years, had been subconsciously changed through various experiences.
Sometimes, even Li Chen felt he was no longer the person he used to be.
But how did this woman, with cultivation higher and having lived much longer than him, manage to keep such a pure heart?
“I’m sorry, I don’t have the time.” Li Chen spoke a bit stiffly.
As he said this, he saw the disappointment in Poem Shadow Dao Saint’s eyes.
Perhaps, if he were his past self, he would have been willing to agree?
In the end, had he changed?
But his homeland faced a crisis now, and he had to rush back because time was running out.
“Immortal!”
At this moment, an excited voice came.
Li Chen turned to see two figures approaching him, but because his universe was too resilient, they could only stop outside of it, looking at him excitedly.
“And you are…” Li Chen’s eyebrows slightly raised.
“Immortal, have you forgotten us? Oh, right, you were always asleep back then. I’m Yin Shuishui, and he’s my husband… Back then, when you were sleeping on the prairie, I brought you back. Do you remember?” The girl among them spoke excitedly, “We waited for you for so long, but you were always asleep. Later, we left the Wildland Continent. We never expected to meet you here again!”
Li Chen suddenly realized.
This couple was the boy and girl from the small tribe who took him back in those days.
Yin Shuishui and Chen Shouchuan.
Li Chen remembered those names.
“So it’s you.” For some reason, a smile appeared on Li Chen’s face.
He remembered when he was fighting the Black Qi in his sea of consciousness, and in the most exhausting times, he could always hear the girl’s immature murmurs and prayers.
Perhaps it was her presence during the most challenging years that got him through.
The painful and crazy memories of those eighty million years had been severed, but Li Chen remembered this girl and boy.
As even the Seven Realms Tome mentioned, if it weren’t for her presence, at the start, he might not have had such a strong desire to survive and fight the Black Qi.
“Immortal, is it really you?” Yin Shuishui widened her eyes, looking at Li Chen, seeming a bit puzzled. “But Immortal, weren’t your hair and clothes half black and half white before? Why are they all white now?”
Li Chen smiled, allowing them into his universe, approaching Yin Shuishui, and gently ruffled the hair of the girl who had an elusive presence in his memory.
“Why, didn’t you recognize me earlier? Now you’re pretending not to know? Back then, during thunderstorms, you often slept in my arms.”
Yin Shuishui’s face turned red: “Immortal, weren’t you asleep then?”
“At the time, there were some situations… it was complicated, so I couldn’t wake up. But eventually, I did wake up.” Li Chen slowly spoke.
“Immortal,” Chen Shouchuan curiously asked, “when did you wake up?”
“Not long ago.” Li Chen shook his head: “Actually, when you said I was asleep, you weren’t wrong. It’s just that even I didn’t expect that this sleep would last eighty million years.”
Poem Shadow Dao Saint couldn’t help but show a look of doubt upon hearing this.
Eighty million years, she vaguely remembered, seemed something had happened back then…
“Were you brought here by Xiao Yao Dao Saint from the Kunmu Universe?” Poem Shadow Dao Saint suddenly asked.
“Xiao Yao?” Li Chen shook his head: “I don’t know him, but eighty million years ago, my body had some issues, so I was indeed brought here by someone.”
“Immortal, Jianmu Universe encountered a big crisis; we were trying to find you, thinking if Jianmu Universe fails, we could leave together.” Yin Shuishui quickly said: “But after we returned to the Wildland Continent, we found you were gone. We didn’t expect to meet you here.”
Li Chen looked at Yin Shuishui with a knowing smile: “Little girl, saying such things in front of the ruler of your Jianmu Universe isn’t very appropriate, is it?”
“Ah?!” Yin Shuishui was stunned, then turned to look at Poem Shadow Dao Saint, realizing something, she stuttered: “You… you are…”
“I’m Poem Shadow.” Poem Shadow Dao Saint nodded, not minding, and meaningfully said to Yin Shuishui and Chen Shouchuan: “Your Immortal senior’s capabilities are quite significant. If anyone in our Jianmu Universe can stop this disaster, it might be him. Unfortunately, your Immortal senior doesn’t seem to intend to help our Jianmu Universe.”
Yin Shuishui and Chen Shouchuan heard this and collectively turned their hopeful eyes to Li Chen.
“Immortal, you…”
Li Chen glanced at Poem Shadow Dao Saint, this woman sure knew how to seize opportunities.
But surely, she didn’t believe two ordinary juniors who hadn’t been seen for tens of millions of years could bind him and make him offer his services for free?
What a joke!
“Let me make it clear, I’m not confident, I’m just going to try. If it doesn’t work, I’m leaving… Oi, kid, why are you bowing? Stand up! Hey! Silly girl! Get off me! You’ve been a Palm Realm Ancient Ancestor for millions of years, can’t you act a bit more composed instead of like a prankster Monkey?”